Category — OPS Malaysia

New advances in small-scale Micro Grid power systems have led to the development of the Optimal Power Solutions Macro Hybrid System (“MHS”). This approach brings many advantages to the supply of high quality, reliable electric power in particular applications such as isolated areas, mission critical systems and sites at difficult locations. The Macro system is now recognised as an appropriate solution for utilities where interconnected micro grids can operate together or separately depending on load demands, fuel supply constraints or security prioritised circumstances.

The Macro Hybrid System is the ideal solution for large off-grid power systems incorporating solar photovoltaics and other renewable sources that aim to achieve substantial fuel savings and extended hours of zero diesel engine operation.

For more information on this product, please download our full brochure, available at:

http://www.optimal-power-solutions.com/home/downloads/OPS_Macro_System_rev1_Apr2011.pdf

Optimal Power Solutions has been contracted for the supply of power conditioning units and system integration for three sites in the Kinabatangan District of Sabah, Malaysia.

Each site compromises a solar hybrid power system that is designed for the supply of electricity to three villages of KG Batu Darat/ Laut, Kg Kuamut and KG Kuamut Seberang. The total combined solar capacity of 430kW across the three villages is expected to reduce fuel consumption by a minimum of 50 per cent. Optimal Power Solutions will provide three proprietary inverters of a combined 710kW capacity. The inverters include 2 x 250kVA Hybrid Power Conditioner, 2 x 30kVA Hybrid Power Conditioner and 4 x 100kVA Grid Export Conditioner, (further HPC & GEC information is available on our products webpage or downloads section).

The sites are very remote and can only be accessed at times via river barges. The Kinabatangan floodplain is located on the east coast of Sabah, Borneo, it is considered of enormous environmental importance for wildlife and the local community as it is arguably the last forested, alluvial floodplain in Asia. Due to the remote location and delivery routes, the cost of landed diesel is high, averaging RM$8 to RM$9 per litre in recent years. It is estimated that the systems discounted payback period for the larger villages will be less than 10 years with scope for a shorter payback period should fuel prices escalate further.

Solar hybrid systems are a particularly viable option for remote area power supply. Optimal Power Solutions is pleased to offer a complete range of proprietary inverters with full service system integration and project development inclusive of remote system monitoring software packages.

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The above map is courtesy of Google Maps 2010.

Optimal Power Solutions is excited to announce its standard product line of DSP-based power inverters for 2010. Highly reputed for their reliability and efficiency, OPS inverters have been used extensively across a range of applications, from remote micro-grids to megawatt-scale solar farms.

The OPS Product Range 2010 Brochure, now available through our website, details standard inverter models in the following product lines:

· Hybrid Power Conditioners (HPC product line)

An integrated power conversion and management solution for off-grid applications. 7.5kW to 250kW.

· Grid Support Conditioners (GSC product line)

Designed as a distributed generation system for grid connected applications with unreliable utility supply. 7.5kW to 250kW.

· Grid Export Conditioners (GEC product line)

A unique grid connect inverter featuring fast and efficient MPPT. 7.5kW to 500kW.

The OPS Product Range 2010 Brochure is now available through the download section of our website. For sales enquiries, please contact your closest OPS office or email info@optimal-power-solutions.com

Click the above image to download The OPS Product Range 2010 Brochure

Optimal Power Solutions announces the appointment of Debabrata (Deb) Ghosh as Chief Operating Officer for the global group. Deb has ten years experience in management and technical roles across a number of high tech industries.

Before joining OPS, Mr. Ghosh was a Market Manager for High Precision Slicing in Electronic and Photovoltaic materials at Saint-Gobain Corporation, the world’s largest provider of abrasive products. He has held several product management positions at Applied Materials, Inc. and Axcelis Technologies, Inc., covering a wide range of offerings including PVD, Electroplating, Spares, Services and Intellectual Property. He began his career at the Indian Space Research Organization and has also worked for Tata Consulting Engineers in the Special Projects Division.

Mr. Ghosh earned his Bachelors degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad in its Founding Class. Mr. Ghosh has been named as an inventor in 5 US patents related to semiconductor processing and RFID technology.

Optimal Power Solutions is negotiating its first project application in South East Asia of our newly developed product, the Macro Hybrid Power Conditioner.

The Macro HPC is an energy optimized large-scale hybrid system. It offers high power renewable energy connected to an automated multiple engine control system (MGCS).  It has a facility to schedule specialized loads through the use of a Station Control Module (SCM).

The MGCS synchronizes various generator sets to operate at peak capacity in parallel, whilst the SCM communicates with the power producing components of the renewable energy station and the Hybrid Inverter Module.

The SCM also controls the Inverter Module at the external PV farm to ensure that all PV power being exported is managed in the event that the battery bank is fully charged and the village load is being met at the time. Controllable loads can be initiated to ensure no excess renewable energy is wasted.

The first application of this newly designed OPS product will be a 1MW power plant in East Malaysia. The Macro HPC platform provides for a scaleable capacity of up to 10MW, in solar photovoltaic increments of 100kW or 250kW.

Optimal Power Solutions envisages a high take-up in future of the Macro HPC in the following applications:

• Remote & Island Village Communities
• Large-Scale Communications Towers
• Health-Care Facilities
• Governmental & Educational Institutions
• Remote Infrastructure
• Off-Grid Airports

Optimal Power provides the latest update for the Kalabakan power system. Delivery to site in East Sabah, Malaysia has been completed. Final commissioning and software setup of the station controller and automation aspects of the main AC board was completed by OPS engineers in Kuala Lumpur.

The main distribution board as shown in the photographs is 3,000 Amp rated at 415 Volts AC. The system integrates 260 kW of solar PV, 3 diesel engines, remote monitoring with automated control. The project is being undertaken for the national Utility TNB in conjunction with local partners Eramaz Technology.

The system is due to be commisoned and handed over by the end of May. For more information on this project please contact us